Passion: Lament

Passion: Lament

Passion: Lament over Jerusalem>
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
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I.        PAIN
A.       RESPONSE
Lk 19:41 And when Jesus looked at the city, He wept over it.
1.       RESOLVE
2.       REGARD

B.       RECOGNITION
Mt 23:37a “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that is killing prophets and stoning those who are sent to it!
1.       REPETITION
(
Jeremiah 13:17)
2.       REBUKE

II.       PATHOS
A.       REMEDY
Mt 23:37b “How often would I have gathered your children together the way a bird gathers her brood under her wings!
1.       RESOLUTION
(Psalm 36:7)
(Matthew 11:28-30)
(John 1:11 )
2.       REFUGE
(Psalm 17:8)
(Psalm 91:4)
(
Isaiah 31:5)

B.       RESPONSE
Mt 23:37c “and you were not willing!
1.       REFUSAL
2.       REBELLION

C.       RESULT
Mt 23:38 See, your House is left to you vacant.
1.       RECOURSE
(
Isaiah 5:1-7)
2.       REALITY
(
I Samuel 4:21)

III.      PROPHECY
A.       REJECTION
Mt 23:39a For I tell you, you will not see Me again
1.       REACTION
(
Matthew 27:20-26)
2.       REPROOF

B.       RESTORATION
Mt 23:39b until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.'”
1.       REMEMBRANCE
(Jeremiah 23:5-8)
(Isaiah 66:10-13)
(Zechariah 12:7-10)
(Zechariah 14:2-3)
(Zechariah 14:5,8-9,11)
2.       RELIEF